It was also late in the afternoon and the infield would have been in shadow with the center field area ( the batters ' background ) bathed in sunlight.

Foundations to the stadium were being poured even as the facility ( located in the infield area ) continued to function, as construction on its new location had yet to be completed.

The sight lines were also very good in the right field corner area, which faced the infield and was closer to the action than the left field corner.

Allison was attempting to land the helicopter inside a fenced-in area of the track infield when the craft nosed up suddenly, then crashed.

The track infield area, which resembles a park with picnic tables and large trees, can accommodate 50, 000 or more guests.

The grandstand of the second Polo Grounds had a conventional curve around the infield, but the shape of the property left the center field area actually closer than left center or right center.

The artificial turf covered not only the normal grass area of the ballpark but is usually the " skinned " portion of the infield.

The term " midfield " is also used in baseball to describe the area between the infield and the outfield.

In 1994, Smith and Wheeler added a new $ 1 million, garage area to the speedway's infield.

The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield, and in association football to players outside the goal.

A radius circle drawn from where the batsman stands encompasses an area known as the close infield.

* The outfield is the grassed area beyond the infield grass line between the foul lines, and bounded by a wall or fence.

" The area in the vicinity of the square formed by the bases is called the infield ; fair territory outside the infield is known as the outfield.

One car would pull into the infield pit area for service, and " tag " his teammate's bumper to go out and replace him on the track.

An infield area close to the farmhouse was cultivated and manured regularly whilst outlying land was ploughed for five years before being permitted to lie fallow.

The surface area of the stadium was flattened ( previously the infield sat several feet lower than the track surface ).

The rest of the infield skin area is around 80 % clay and 20 % sand.

A great majority of the football plays were snapped from the dirt area of the infield.

Today, in Major League Baseball, a multi-tiered seating area, a grandstand, surrounds the infield.

It was built in 1934, underwent renovations in 2001 which brought improvements to the stadium sound system, new infield turf, a new outfield fence with tables behind it, and fresh paint to the seating area.

* If a throw to the infield goes over the edge of the playing area, all players on base will advance one base freely.

Earnhardt, Sr. and Schrader slid off the track's asphalt banking toward the infield grass just inside of turn four.

The motorcycle course runs counter-clockwise, in the same direction as the oval events at the Speedway, and completely bypass the banking of the oval with a new infield section inside Turn 1 (" Snake Pit complex ").

The right field fence angled away from the infield sharply which, in addition to a 30-foot fence ( to block the view from surrounding buildings ) about 8 feet inside the lower, outer wall, meant that relatively few home runs were hit at the stadium.

For many years, teams were unable to park their transporters inside the infield.

They can kick for touch, but, if the ball makes it into touch, the side then takes a tap kick 10m infield ( 20m infield in the NRL as of 2007 ) from the point where the ball went into touch ( except where it goes into touch inside the opposition's 10m line, in which case the tap is taken from the 10m line ), as opposed to a scrum.

While the first and third base bags are placed so that they lie inside the 90 foot square formed by the bases, the second base bag is placed so that its center ( unlike first, third and home ) coincides exactly with the " point " of the ninety-foot infield square.

An accomplished hitter must know how to bunt, ' serve ' a pitch down the line or over the infield, collapse his hands and go the other way, pull in his hands in order to turn on the ball inside, and so on.

Rather, he should attempt a level swing, try to pull only the ball on the inside of the plate, go the other way with balls low and outside, and otherwise start each at bat intending to drive the ball up the middle, which is the most vulnerable part of the infield ( especially if the pitcher is not particularly good at fielding his position ).

As an inside joke between brothers, George Brett was embarrassed twice on the show-once by dropping a routine infield ball, and a second time by being struck out by a non-athlete who was there fulfilling his fantasy.

To solve a number of problems that had made it impossible to develop and upgrade the track, the most important one being noise pollution for the inhabitants of the part of Zandvoort closest to the track, the track management adopted and developed a plan to move the most southern part of the track away from the housing estate and rebuild a more compact track in the remaining former ' infield '.

During this race, Earnhardt was briefly forced into the infield grass, but kept control of his car and returned to the track without giving up his lead — a maneuver now referred to as the " Pass in the Grass " even though Earnhardt actually didn't pass and couldn't have passed anyone for position as he was in the lead at the time.

When the national teams, assembled in formation on the infield, saw the flowing figure of Nurmi, they broke ranks like excited schoolchildren, dashing toward the edge of the track.

Between the infield ( sometimes referred to as an apron ) and the actual track is the blue band ( called " côte d ' azur ") which is typically 10 % of the surface.

Large crowds of Louisvillians and others from the Kentuckiana attend the Oaks annually and the infield of the race track hosts numerous musical attractions, boardwalk games, and food and alcoholic beverage vendors.

The track's electronic timer had malfunctioned because of damage caused by members of the crowd crossing the track to reach the infield.

Rockingham also includes a weekly scheduled series of events for Bandolero and Legends race car classes at the 1 / 2 mile infield track dubbed the " Little Rock ".

* In the mid-1950s auto racing circuit Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut purchased a war-surplus Bailey Bridge so vehicles could enter / exit the infield and paddock sections of the track while races were taking place.

Whitesville is also home to Kentucky Motor Speedway, built in 1960, with an infield figure 8 track crossover added in 1981 ).

On 10 July 2008, the proposal was that the track would have a major upgrade designed by Hermann Tilke, to include an entirely new pit complex along Starkey's Straight and increasing the circuit length to, by the addition of a new infield loop, to get it up to the standards required for modern day Formula One racing.

The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004, and the track repaved in 1978 and 2010.

The 2004 renovation of the infield, headed by design firm HNTB, was the first major renovation of the infield in the history of the track.

The supermoto course is variable in configuration, but usually uses the full roadcourse and includes a motocross style track in the infield of the roadcourse.

Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track.

During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections.

The first site in Regina used for flying was the infield at Regina Exhibition Park's horse race track, where visiting barnstormer " Lucky Bob " St. Pierre ( a Nebraskan whose real name was " Shaeffer " or " Shaffer ") flew a Curtiss Model D biplane in August, 1911.

The track is an easy to find landmark and has a large infield which make it useful for far more than just NASCAR.